Coal-space in locomotive-tender tanks.



No. 89l, 335- PATENTED JUNE 23,1908.

J. W. HARKOM.

- GOAL SPACE IN LOCOMOTIVE TENDER TANKS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WILLIAM HARKOM, OF DAVENPORT, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO CANADA FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO,

CANADA.

COAL-SPACE IN LOCOMOTIVE-TENDER TANKS.

Patented June 23, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM HAR- KOM, of Davenport, in the township of York, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, mechanical engineer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal-Spaces in Locomotive-Tender Tanks, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coal spaces in locomotive tender tanks, and the object of the invention is to devise a form of hopper, which will insure of the coal passing forward and being retained within convenient reach of the fireman and it consists essentially of a hopper having inclined sides and back converging at the front to a shoveling space, tool cupboards located at the front of the inclined sides and the hopper doors, all arranged and constructed in detail as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure .1, is a plan view of my improved coal space or hopper. Fig. 2, is alongitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a face view looking to the front of the ho er.

In the drawings fif e letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the inclined back of the hop er, which is secured at the top to the vertica plate A, and B B are the inclined sides of the hopper, which are secured at the sides to the sides B of the tender.

The inclined back A is provided with reinforcing angle irons A and an intermediate supporting vertical cross plate A arranged as shown beneath the reinforcing angle irons A C are inclined corner strips, which extend from the top back corners of the hop er to the shovel s ace D being bent lateralfy and also upwar ly at the back into the corner and downwardly at the front beneath the shovel space. tened to the inclined si es.

The shovel space D is scoop-shape in form, the bottom plate D being supported upon the cross bars D and D The front of the plate D is bent downwardly over the front of the cross bars D All the platesherein mentioned as well as the angle irons and strips are preferably formed of steel late or channel steel.

E are the too cupboards, which have inclined sides to fit the sides B B of the hopper and are provided with suitable doors E.

The stri s C are suitably fas- F are the doors of the coal chute, which are of any approved form and extend between the outer sides of the cupboard E near the outer edge being hinged and provided with suitable hinges and locking lips as indicated by dotted lines.

G is thetop cross tie rod and G is the top cross tie plate.

Having now particularly described the princi al arts involved in my invention I shall rie y describe its utility.

By the form shown it will be noticed that all the coal will pass forwardly to the shovel space D, which 1s scoop-shaped. Such coal will practically assume the position shown by the dotted lines 2 and 8, the dotted line 2 indicating the center of the coal and the dotted line 3 V the side. Of course, when there is more coal in the hopper a somewhat of a little contour will be formed heaping up above the top of the coal space. In any event, however, it will be seen that the coal will beretained in the hop er and that the point of shoveling for the ffreman will be at the forward end of the hopper in the shovel space, which is an important desideratum. The coal naturally will always fill this space.

What I claim. as my invention is:

1. In a coal space in locomotive tender tanks, the combination with the sides, back and front plates of the tender, of the inclined central back plate and the inclined side plates'converging to a point central of the width of the front of the tender and in proximity to the front vertical plates or face of the tender in such a manner as to leave a horizontal shovel space in adjacent to the front of the tender and the front edge of the space flush with the front of the tender, whereby the area of the shovel space is within reach of the fireman when at his post firing as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a coal space in locomotive tender tanks, the combination with the sides of the tanks, a scoop-shaped plate inclined upwardly from rear to front and suitably supported and adapted to fit the shovel space as specified.

4. In a coal space for locomotive tender tender and vertical back plates, of then'nclined central back plate'and the inclined sides converging to the front, a shovelspace at the forward end at substantially the point of converging, and the cupboards having the 15 inclined sides and the doors hinged to the cupboards and extending down to a point in proximity with the outer edge of the shovel space as and forthe purpose specified.

' JOHN WILLIAM I-IARKOM.

Witnesses B. BOYD, R. OOBAIN. 

